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List Of Mayors Of Stockholm
This is a list of municipal commissioners for finance of Stockholm (''finansborgarråd''). In English, the title is often translated as Mayor of Stockholm.c.f. :sv:Stockholms författningsreform 1940 The office of municipal commissioner for finance was set up in 1920, replacing the previous office of mayor. While the mayor (''borgmästare'') before 1920 was appointed by the government, the municipal commissioner for finance is elected by the Stockholm city council. After a reform in 1940, the municipal commissioner for finance always represents the ruling political majority coalition in the city. From 1994 the municipal commissioner for finance is also chairman of the municipal council (''kommunstyrelsen''), a title often called mayor in English. Mayors from 1920 till now References {{Reflist * Mayors of Stockholm Stockholm *Mayors of Stockholm Government of Stockholm History of Stockholm Mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipa ...
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Sten Nordin
Sten Nordin (born 18 February 1956), is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party and the governor of Blekinge County. He served as mayor of Stockholm from 2008 to 2014. Educated at the University of Uppsala, he was chairman of the Heimdal Association, the Free Moderate Party Student Union. Nordin was elected as a member of the Stockholm City Council from 1992, and was vice chair of the Moderate group from 1994-2006. Leaving municipal politics, he was a member of the Riksdag from 2006 until 2008. During his time in the Riksdag he was a member of the Transport Committee and Tax Committee. Returning to city politics, in late April 2008, he was elected mayor of Stockholm. He left the role following the election of 2014. On 1 October 2017, he was appointed governor of Blekinge County This is a list of governors for Blekinge County in Sweden, from 1683 to the present. For the period 1658–1669 and 1675–1680, see Governors-General, Scania. Between 1670 and 1675, Blekinge was ...
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Kristina Axén Olin
Anna ''Kristina'' Axén Olin (née ''Axén'') (born 21 October 1962) is a Swedish Moderate politician and member of the Riksdag, she is currently a member and the Second vice-Speaker of the Education Committee. She currently takes up seat number 244 in the Riksdag. She was a member of the Justice Committee from her entry in the Riksdag until February 2019. She held the post of Mayor of Stockholm between 2006–2008, being the city's second female mayor. She also served as deputy chairman of the party from 2003 to 2009, when she was replaced by Beatrice Ask. Biography Kristina Axén Olin is the daughter of the sea captain Jan Bertil Axén, born 1933 and secretary Gunnel Birgitta, born 1936. Axén Olin is a trained music teacher and was previously principal for , a private school in the Stockholm district of Södermalm. She was previously married to the communications consultant and entrepreneur Mats Olin. Axén Olin announced his resignation as finance councilor and Moderate ...
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Annika Billström 2010
Annika is a feminine given name. It is the Swedish pet form of Anna, similar to Anneke in the Netherlands. It is also common in Germany, Finland and Estonia, gaining popularity after 1969 from the character of that name in the ''Pippi Longstocking'' TV series and film. * Annika Beck (born 1994), German tennis player * Annika Bryn (born 1945), Swedish author and freelance journalist * Annika Drazek (born 1995), German bobsledder and track and field athlete * Annika Fredén (born 1978), Swedish handball player * Annika Idström (1947-2011), Finnish writer * Annika Kipp (born 1979), German television presenter * Annika Kjærgaard (born 1971), Swedish singer * Annika Langvad (born 1984), Danish cross mountain biker * Annika Lemström (born 1964), Finnish sailor * Annika Norlin (born 1977), Swedish pop artist and journalist * Annika Mombauer (born 1967), British academic and historian * Annika Reeder (born 1979), British artistic gymnast * Annika Saarikko (born 1983), Finnish politic ...
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Annika Billström
Annika Billström (born 7 April 1956) is a Swedish social democratic politician. She was the first female mayor of Stockholm, serving between 2004 and 2006. Background Billström's background was as the chief financial officer of Handels, the Swedish Commercial Employees' Union between 1987 and 1994. She was elected to the Stockholm City Council serving as road commissioner in 1994–98 and commissioner in opposition from 1998 to 2002. Mayoralty Billström was appointed mayor of Stockholm in 2002 by the City Council after winning the municipal election and forming a majority with the Left party and the Green party. Two of her decisions as mayor in particular were controversial, the first being the new entry toll that was introduced for vehicles entering the centre of Stockholm. The toll was decided on a state-level to ensure support by the Green Party for the newly formed Social democratic cabinet and Billström was forced to honor this agreement even though she had promised not ...
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Carl Cederschiöld
Carl Cederschiöld is a Swedish former Moderate Party politician. He was an active member of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students and was chairman between 1972 and 1973. He was elected to Stockholm City Council in 1976. With the Moderate election victory in 1991, Cederschiöld became Mayor and Commissioner of Finance. The Moderate Party, however, lost the election in 1994 and Cederschiöld returned to leading the opposition.''Finansborgarråd genom tiderna''
City of Stockholm, accessed on 2010-05-11 The 1998 election saw the return of the Moderate Party to power in and Cederschiöld to the post of Mayor. The new Moderate ...
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Sture Palmgren
Sture () was a name borne by three distinct but interrelated noble families in Sweden in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. It was originally a nickname, meaning 'haughty, proud' (compare the Swedish word ''stursk'' and the Old Norse and Icelandic personal name ''Sturla''), but later became a surname. Particularly famous are the three regents ( sv, riksföreståndare) from these families who ruled Sweden in succession during the fifty-year period between 1470 and 1520, namely: *Sten Sture the Elder, regent 1470–1497 and 1501–1503 * Svante Nilsson, regent 1504–1512 *Sten Sture the Younger, regent 1512–1520 The Sture families are remembered in the names of Sturegatan ('Sture Street') and Stureplan ('Sture Square') in central Stockholm, and by the in Uppsala, as well as , which is produced by a dairy in Sävsjö, close to the main seat of the 'Younger Sture' family at . Sture (Sjöblad) Family The first Sture line to emerge is known in Swedish historiography ...
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Ulf Adelsohn 0c225 3180
Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The female form is Ylva. The given name Ulf was relatively popular during the 20th century, but by the 21st century mostly fell out of fashion. Notable people * Ulf the Earl, brother-in-law of Cnut the Great and regent of Denmark * Ulf Adelsohn, Swedish politician, former leader of Moderata Samlingspartiet and county governor of Stockholm * Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player * Ulf Björlin (1933-1993), Swedish conductor, composer, pianist, arranger, music producer * Ulf Dahlén, Swedish ice hockey player * Ulf Ekberg, Swedish pop musician * Ulf Ekman, Swedish pastor, leader of Livets Ord * Ulf Eriksson, Swedish footballer * Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist * Ulf Fase Swedish jarl during the Middle Ages * Ulf Friberg (born 1962), Swedish a ...
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Ulf Adelsohn
Ulf Adelsohn (born 4 October 1941) is a Sweden, Swedish politician, leader of the Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986 and List of governors of Stockholm County, Governor of Stockholm County from 1992 to 2001. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1982 to 1988 and served as Chairman of the Board of SJ AB 2001–2011, from where he resigned due to quarrels with the Reinfeldt cabinet on its railway deregulation policies. Political career Adelsohn studied law at Stockholm University, earning a Candidate of Law degree in 1968. He was the chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, opposed the occupation of the Student Union Building in Stockholm in 1968 and was a co-founder of Borgerliga Studenter – Opposition '68 later in the same year. Adelsohn became the chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, Free Moderate Students in 1966–1968, and became the deputy chairman of the Moderate Party in Stockholm in 1968. He was mu ...
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John-Olof Persson
John-Olof Persson (1938–1989), often called "John-Olle", was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and Mayor of Stockholm 1973-1976 and 1979-1986. From 1983 to 1986, Persson was the president of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities (''Svenska Kommunförbundet''), an association that existed from 1969 to 2007 (now the Swedish Association of Regions) to interact with the Riksdag of Sweden. Persson died in an airplane accident in Oskarshamn, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... in 1989. 1938 births 1989 deaths Mayors of Stockholm Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Municipal commissioners of Sweden Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Sweden 20th-century Swedish people {{Swe ...
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